Glider Crash - Cle Elum

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) - A glider that crashed at the Cle ElumMunicipal Airport, killing the pilot, was involved in filming acommercial for General Motors at the time. The Kittitas County sheriff's office says the glider was beingtowed down the runway by a vehicle Thursday and was just startingto lift off when it crashed. A helicopter was filming the gliderfrom above for the commercial. The sheriff's office identified the pilot as 53-year-old WilliamWeller of Tukwila, the only person on board. The FAA says the glider was registered to Northwest EaglesSoaring of Tukwila. Calls to the company were not answered Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. GM spokesman Patrick E. Morrissey in Detroit calls it a tragicaccident and says the company is cooperating with investigators.